James Blunt has announced details of his fifth album.

The singer will release The Afterlove on March 24 via Atlantic Records. It’s the follow up to 2013’s Moon Landing which peaked at No.2, spent 33 weeks in the Top 40 and has sold 387,745 copies to date.

Blunt has worked on The Afterlove with writers including Ed Sheeran, Ryan Tedder, Amy Wadge, Johnny McDaid, Stephan Moccio and MoZella.

He has also revealed plans to tour the UK in November, with a seven-date run including a stop at London’s Eventim Apollo. See the dates in full below.

James Blunt has sold more than 20 million albums worldwide, his biggest-selling UK release is 2004 debut Back To Bedlam, which has shifted 3,338,088 copies to date, according to Official Charts Company data.

Blunt’s November tour will call at:

17 Nottingham - Motorpoint Arena
18 Leeds - First Direct Arena
20 Glasgow - Clyde Auditorium
21 Birmingham - Barclaycard Arena
23 London - Eventim Apollo
24 Brighton - Brighton Centre
25 Bournemouth - BIC Windsor Hall

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